Jon Stanley

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Today’s ruling by the European Court of Justice that obesity may be a disability sounds like a plot of an Aldwych farce. The idea that eating too much or working too little opens the door to state welfare and the

This may surprise many people who favour strong borders and putting British people first, but the government’s decision, on the advice of the Member of Parliament Keith Vaz, to screen for Ebola at UK airports: is absurd. It may even

It had to come some time. Andy Burnham would have to face the music and admit to the mistakes of the last Labour government and….actually no, that was never going to happen was it? Instead what we were treated to

This week saw the end of the four hour wait for hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) services in Britain: our politicians just haven’t realised it yet. The last 48 hours have seen possible the most banal exchange of healthcare statistics

Labour’s Andy Burham has announced a series of policies on health to be included the party’s 2015 manifesto, despite the fact they have already been in force for 18 months. The Shadow Health Secretary brazenly jumped onto the bandwagon of

A Scottish charity has branded author JK Rowling a “bitch” after she donated £1 million to the campaign for a ‘no’ vote in the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence. The Dignity Project, who carry out work to improve the lives

As a doctor who has worked in the NHS for nine years, the sight of Ed Miliband in Newark Hospital telling everyone that Labour would deliver for the NHS was a sight too sore. Labour was a disaster for the

Yet another poll recently showed a decline in the predicted No vote and a surge in support for Scottish independence. Suddenly we are all terrified of the beast that has brought misery to island peoples before – Partition. We should